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Wednesday, February 25 2004
Reflections on Intelligence Today I read a report from Asia Times and Foreign Policy in Focus, titled "The neo-con philosophy of intelligence.". I will take this opportunity to explain why I am not a neo-conservative, and why I think they are full of crap. Tuesday, February 24 2004Bush Hates Peace. Turns out that our fearless leader was playing fearless well in advance. According to this article on guardian.co.uk, Bush has been planning this war for a long damn time. About 14 months before anything happened. With or without the UN. With or without support or allies. With or without reason. So I guess this is the type of government the United States has become? A do-it-yourself country that wants to do-it-before-anyone-else? What kind of fuck up honestly believes that this is a positive way to change the world? I mean, if you are hooked on the idea, I don't mean to offend, but don't you think that it is kind of fucked up? Seriously. Friday, February 13 2004Lies, Overcharges, and Death Seems to be the standard issue policy of this administration and the military, including their contractors. Turns out that company we all love with our tax dollars, Halliburton, has routinely overcharged the government for all types of services, like vehicle leases and food distribution. Well, as long as it's making them money, and keeping hard-working Texans employed, what can it hurt? sarcasm If that is not enough, it seems the forces of Terrorism are turning on themselves. The once-president of Chechnya is killed by a car bomb. This can't be a good thing. What next, independent warring clusters fighting for what they believe to be true? Oh wait...that is what is happening. It just happens that the US military has got more thugs on its payroll than any other. Wait, there's more. The intelligence community has apparently took to the direction of fabricating intelligence in order to fulfill it's political agenda. Seems like it's been years since I thought about this (it has, really), and I wonder what kind of horrors await this place if we are allowed to be dragged into the muck by such deterministic politicians and ideologues? Wednesday, February 11 2004Oversight, over-schmite. I like how Bush is all up in his own hish like he's got a bone to pick with the world for being evil. Like he knows how to enforce goodness. I think he should worry about the impression that his thugs (oops, I mean troops) present to the global audience. In this article on aljazeera.net, the thug life that is a soldier's life is illuminated. Not so successful on that "hearts and minds" tack. I don't know if it's a pandemic to domestic politicians, but why are they so quick to blame the other guy, then defend their position? Even when evidence is so clearly not on their side? Why not look at it objectively, and say, "I don't know." Just once. Man, I'd almost pay for that. Sunday, February 08 2004K.E.Z. The tiny little creature that is now a part of my life. A nephew, a little creature that cries and says "eh" about 1000 times a day. He's so small in the hands of his father, mother, and uncle that one cannot help but think of all the amazing things in this world that are so small. He'll be one month old tomorrow, and he's growing up strong already. It may be too early to tell, but I've got a good feeling about this one. Thursday, February 05 2004We, The Feds, Know Nothing. The latest statement by George Tenet, Director of the CIA, reveals that the CIA never professed to know anything. It was all the Bush-meister's fault. He was the one that professed that Iraq was an immediate, immenent threat. Well, of course. I mean, who would want to go to war if they didn't think that something was an immement threat? "Well, let's bomb the piss out of them, so that I won't have to worry about my oil supply in 5 years." That doesn't come out of too many citizens mouths that I know of. Can we just blame Bush Jr., for everything? I mean, we do anyway, can we get an official White House press release that says, "Bush Lied To Us All, And We're Pissed, Too." |
